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Demos | Title | Downloads | Size | Date Added | Quake II Demo
Filename: q2-314-demo-x86.exe
Comments (0) | 150 | 37.21 MB | 5/22/2005 |
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Reviews One of those games that age perfectly., November 21, 2005 Rating: 9.0/10 By Mitch The original Quake was a mess. At least that's what you'd think if you're looking at it today. In the past, as well as present, it's nothing more than a cleaned up version of Doom. Better graphics, but that's about it. The next in the series however, startled many of us. Was this really the next in the series? How could something small time and not nearly as entertaining as other games turn into a masterpiece? Listen up. It happened, and Quake II is still one of the most fun games I have ever played for PC.
Our intro movie presents that we're taking the role of a soldier in a futuristic environment. Massive ships with brilliant radio dialogue begin to close in on a large planet, which is referred to as a "dust ball." After a few more minutes of introduction, we're shown a good looking sequence of small fighter ships emerging from a large fleet ship, down towards the atmosphere of the planet. However, on the way down, your ship is clipped by a reckless pilot who damages your hull as well as the ships system. The rest of the huge squad goes on without you, and when you finally breach the atmosphere onto enemy territory, you'll be happy you were late. As you begin to fly jaggedly over the enemy's base, you'll notice your team is gone. Within minutes, they've been eliminated, leaving you and your damaged ship floating above enemy territory. The base, from what we can see, is gigantic, and looks more like a futuristic city. The movie ends as you finally lose control of your ship, which impacts with a hollow wall on the far east side of the base. You're stranded.
They main objective here is getting from one side to another, which isn't an easy task. The fleet has nearly been destroyed, and sending a ship down to retrieve you in current conditions is out of the picture. You're left alone, and game play begins with you standing outside your destroyed ship with nothing but a blaster handgun. The environments in Quake II actually look nice. Every texture is nicely detailed, and looks fairly realistic for its old age. As you continue, you'll begin to encounter small time soldiers, usually armed with a simple shotgun or machine gun. These guys are fun to kill. One blast with a shotgun might knock them back a bit in a mist of blood, but it doesn't exactly kill them. They're fun to toy with, and if you're a fan of gore ridden PC games, you'll love the fact that you'll able to shoot their fallen bodies a couple times before it explodes into chunks of broken flesh. The more entertaining feature is the dead bodies themselves. Leave for a few moments and come back, and 30 or 40 flies will be drifting after the lifeless body. At first, we're not exactly sure what we're going up against. The basic soldiers we encounter in the beginning have all of their features hidden, and make human noises. As we progress, and the challenge of the game begins to become more intense, the enemies turn from human to disgustingly disfigured humans. The base we've managed to crash on is ridden with cyborgs, which are very interestingly detailed. These aren't healthy, human looking cyborgs with full skin coverings and basic features. Your military has been against an army of savages, who have been frighteningly constructed. Most of the humanoid enemies are dirty, with large chunks of skin missing, exposing patches of metal with large chunks of flesh hanging off. Obviously, these guys have seen battle before, and haven't bothered to repair themselves. The most nightmarish enemy you'll encounter is a smaller foe, a human head mounted on a four legged robotic armor suit. It's extremely fast, and spits streams of red venom which isn't good for your health. Worse yet, the ghoulish creatures only seem to lurk in darkness, and jump out at all of the times you wouldn't expect.
Taking these hideous things out isn't so much a problem, if you're geared up with many of the heavy weapons you'll find lying around. You'll originally begin with a blaster, which fires rounds that are almost reminiscent of a flare. It has unlimited ammo, but isn't too powerful, especially against the bigger enemies. This game may not seem realistic, but it does have some life like elements. The standard machine gun you'll find on dead enemies is powerful, and as a consequence, it's not easy to fire. Hold down the trigger too long, your aim will start to go upwards, so they best way to cut down the bad guys is with short, controlled bursts. There are quite a few weapons here, many of them extremely useful, such as the Super Shotgun, a gigantic double barreled weapon that blows the cyborgs to pieces with one click of the trigger. The most familiar - and rarest gun you'll find is the infamous BFG. I'd rather not mention what it stands for, but talk about a major upgrade: this thing takes longer to fire, and shoots spectacular balls of plasma. As that ball travels, streams of plasma break off from the blast and attract the closest enemy. If you're armed with a BFG, you're in charge.
Quake II goes for cheap these days, and is very, very long and difficult. If you're not too interested in the single player, check out the multiplayer. The servers are still crammed with people these days. Buy this game, it's in anyone's budget. The only problem I have here is it's indeed aged, and if you look closely at graphics (blood and flies the most popular), you'll begin to notice they're just single pixels floating about. What else could you expect though? If Quake II was remade today, it'd be better than any game on the market, period.
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